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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On November 4, 2021, Cohen & Steers, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that effective March 1, 2022, Joseph M. Harvey, the Company’s current President and a member of its board of directors (the “Board”), will be appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as successor to Robert H. Steers. Mr. Steers will assume the role of Executive Chairman of the Company at that time and continue as a member of the Board.
Mr. Harvey, age 57, has been President of the Company since 2003 and a member of the Board since 2019. He previously served as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Company from February 21, 2021 until June 1, 2021. Having joined the Company in 1992, Mr. Harvey was a portfolio manager from 1998 to 2016 and Chief Investment Officer from 2003 to 2019. Mr. Harvey also serves as a Vice President and director of each of the Company’s U.S. registered open-end and closed-end funds.
In consideration of Mr. Steers’ service as Chief Executive Officer and his appointment and continued service as Executive Chairman, on November 4, 2021 the Compensation Committee of the Board determined that, subject to certain terms and conditions, upon Mr. Steers’ retirement as Executive Chairman his then-unvested restricted stock units will immediately vest and thereafter continue to be settled pursuant to the terms of the restricted stock unit award agreement applicable to each grant of restricted stock units, including continued compliance with the restrictive covenants contained in such agreements.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
A copy of the press release issued by the Company is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release issued by the Company on November 4, 2021 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: November 4, 2021 |
By: | /s/ Francis C. Poli | ||||
| Name: Francis C. Poli Title: General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||